1844 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1844 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
[edit]- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Penry Williams[5][6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – William Edward Powell[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – Robert Myddelton Biddulph[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster[9]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn[11]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Capel Hanbury Leigh[12]
- Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis[13]
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet[14]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite[15][2]
- Bishop of Bangor – Christopher Bethell[16][17]
- Bishop of Llandaff – Edward Copleston[18]
- Bishop of St Asaph – William Carey[19][20][18]
- Bishop of St Davids – Connop Thirlwall[21][18][22]
Events
[edit]- 1 January - 11 or 12 men are killed in a mining accident at Dinas Middle Colliery, Rhondda.[23]
- 14 February - 40 men are killed when the Cleddau floods the Garden Pit coal-mine at Landshipping, Pembrokeshire.[24]
- 8 March - John Jones (Shoni Sguborfawr) embarks on the Blundell for transportation to Norfolk Island, his sentence for shooting at a man during the Rebecca Riots.[25]
- 13 May - 7 or 8 men are killed in a mining accident at Broadmoor, Loveston, Pembrokeshire.[26]
- 3 December - 6 men are killed in a mining accident at Fforest Level, Dinas, Rhondda.
- 31 December - David Williams takes out a lease on a mine at Cwmbach, in partnership with Lewis Lewis (of Cefn Coed.[27]
- date unknown
- A prospectus is issued to potential investors in a railway to be built through south Wales from a junction with the Great Western Railway at Standish in Gloucestershire.[28]
- Owen Owen Roberts is instrumental in setting up the first hospital for Caernarvonshire and Anglesey, at Bangor.[29]
Arts and literature
[edit]New books
[edit]- Hugh Derfel Hughes - Blodau'r Gân
- David Owen (Brutus) - Eliasia
Music
[edit]- Rowland Prichard - Cyfaill y Cantorion (The Singer's Friend)
- Maria Jane Williams - Ancient National Airs of Gwent and Morgannwg
Visual arts
[edit]- English watercolour landscape painter David Cox spends his first summer at Betws-y-Coed, which he will continue to do until 1856.
Sport
[edit]Births
[edit]- 1 January - Robert Clayton, cricketer (died 1901)
- 7 March - Watkin Hezekiah Williams, poet and schoolmaster (died 1905)
- 28 April - Thomas Jones (Tudno), poet (died 1895)
- June - John Roland Phillips, historian (died 1887)
- 28 July - Gerard Manley Hopkins, Welsh-descended poet (died 1889)[31]
- 3 August - Herbert Armitage James, clergyman and schoolmaster (died 1931)[32]
- 1 December - Alexandra of Denmark, Princess of Wales 1901-1910 (died 1925)
Deaths
[edit]- 18 January - Azariah Shadrach, minister and author, 69[33][34]
- 7 April - Morgan Lewis, Welsh-descended American politician, 89
- 8 November - Iltid Nicholl, lawyer, 67/68[35]
- 23 November - Thomas William, hymn-writer, 83
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 24.
- ^ a b c J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
- ^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.
- ^ Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. University of Wales Press. 1992. p. 169.
- ^ "Penpont including attached conservatory and rear service ranges". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ Edwin Poole (1886). The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: Containing the General History, Antiquities, Sepulchral Monuments and Inscriptions. Edwin Poole. p. 378.
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 26.
- ^ "Myddelton Biddulph, Robert (1805-1872), of Chirk Castle, Denb. and 35 Grosvenor Place, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- ^ "not known". Old Wales: Monthly Magazine of Antiquities for Wales and the Borders. 3. "Old Wales" Office: 106. 1907.
- ^ Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 612. ISBN 9780806313146.
- ^ Edward Breese (1873). Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant [&c.] ... for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. p. 29.
- ^ Amy Audrey Locke (1916). The Hanbury Family. Arthur L. Humphreys. p. 147.
- ^ Evan David Jones (1959). "Herbert family (earls of Powis)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ Thorne, R.G. "John Owen (1776-1861) of Orielton, Pembrokeshire". History of Parliament. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ^ Jonathan Williams (1859). The History of Radnorshire. R. Mason. p. 115.
- ^ Fryde, E. B. (1996). Handbook of British chronology. Cambridge England: New York Cambridge University Press. p. 292. ISBN 9780521563505.
- ^ Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 305.
- ^ a b c Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales... University Press. p. 307.
- ^
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Carey, William (1769-1846)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. - ^ The Apostolical Succession in the Church of England. James Parkes and Company. 1866. p. 15.
- ^ Old Yorkshire, volume 3. 1882. p. 90.
- ^ The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged. Porter. 1780. p. 95.
- ^ The Cambrian: A Magazine for the Welsh in America. D.I. Jones. 1893. p. 330.
- ^ "The Landshipping mining disaster". www.bbc.co.uk. 2 November 2011. Archived from the original on 16 March 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ David Williams. "Jones, John (fl. 1811-1858; 'Shoni Sguborfawr'), Rebecca rioter". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ The Illustrated London News. Leighton. 1844. p. 16.
- ^ Watkin William Price. "Williams, David (Alaw Goch; 1809-1863), coal-owner and eisteddfodwr". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ The Supplement to the Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge: Habenaria- Ginziber. 2. C. Knight. 1846. p. 680.
- ^ Emyr Hywel Owen. "Roberts, Owen Owen (1793-1866), physician and social reformer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ Denbigh Cricket Club website. Accessed 21 March 2013
- ^ Norman White, "Hopkins, Gerard Manley (1844–1889)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press.
- ^ "Memorial to Dr. H. A. James". The Times. 19 September 1935. p. 15. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
- ^ Williams, Mari A. "Shadrach, Azariah". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/25189. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Shadrach, Azariah (1774–1844), schoolmaster, Independent minister, and author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "Iltid Nicholl, Esq.", The Gentleman's Magazine, NS, vol. 23 (January–June 1845), p. 316.
